Baby gear trends: White, white, white

When my friend and cubemate Sunny was expecting her son, she complained to me about a white outfit she received as a gift. “Who’s going to put a baby in white?” she said. Years later, when Heather was invited to wear white for a full weekend as part of a Tide promotion at a conference, she realized she didn’t own any white at all. “It’s just not practical.”

My conclusion had been that white and kids just don’t mix. But I’ve been called wrong.

Color me shocked, but an increasing number of baby gear items this year are a stylish modern white. Sure they look fantastic, and the accent colors pop nicely, but I’m not sure it’s welcome by parents. I’d rather dye than have a white nursery. (Snort.) Do you think they should tone it down or is this bright trend a welcome one?

I have a white glider that I had recovered in, you guessed it, white fabric. The upholstery man told me I was crazy but I had a vision. And it turns out I was crazy with a capitol C!! It’s now more of a yellow-brown dirty. The bottom cushion is washable but not the back. Ew. Next nursery is in progress and it is NOT white!!!

I like the white for hard surfaces….but a white baby bjorn, much like white outfits, is asking for a blowout of epic proportions in public.
And we have a white ikea couch that is 4 years old. We got it about a week after our first baby came home. We were too cheap to spring an extra $100 for a different cover:/. I’m over the white, or shall I say the faded but still present stains of the last 4 years:/

The Rookie Moms™

Heather (L) & Whitney (R) are BFFs who wanted to have more fun with their babies. [read more]